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Record 1 1977-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Literature
  • Anthropology
DEF

A freakish person or animal sometimes seen in hallucinations.

CONT

Her disappointment was great when she could not find a solitary "ferlie", the absence of which she ascribed to the extraordinary colour of the hair.

OBS

"ferlie" is a Scottish word".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Littérature
  • Anthropologie
OBS

Cet équivalent a été proposé pour exprimer le sens de "ferlie", soit une personne ou un animal fantastique, populaire dans la littérature écossaise.

Spanish

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